09-05-2017, 01:27 PM
(09-05-2017, 01:22 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Us drafting well has been stretched quite a bit IMHO, as has resigning our own ! It sounds good to throw out there as more or less an excuse. But is it really happening ?
And the window for success is small by any measure. Many things factor in but by and large it's not very long. Knowing when and on whom to spend in FA is quite often one of the final keys to success.
The whole building for the future narrative that's been thrown around here in the past is more fantasy than not.
We had a nice run of good drafts, but they have been a little dry lately.
It's been a little while since I've been this excited about a draft class.
We got a bunch of first round talent - Ross, Mixon, Willis and Lawson. All of those guys were mentioned as serious 1st round talents at some point during the draft process. Now.......
If they can only play to their potential. If so, we have solved a ton of issues with this team.
